[0006] Briefly described, the provided subject matter concerns an improved user interface for mobile devices such as smartphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and the like. An enhanced, customizable user interface can be updated dynamically to provide users with content without requiring user interaction. Users can monitor status and/or data of content accessible through the mobile device by simply observing the user interface.



[0007] The user interface can include a set of dynamic tiles. The tiles can include graphics, text or any other visual data. A number of tiles can be displayed using thumbnail views that provide minimal data. In addition, a tile can be selected as the active tile and displayed in an enlarged view including additional content. Tiles can be updated to reflect changes to associated content accessible through the mobile device. Content can be local to the mobile device or located remotely. For example, a tile can include data provided by an Internet subscription news service. Tiles can also provide independent functionality, including simple tasks, to users without requiring users to navigate away from the tile display space. In addition, tiles can provide users with quick, direct access to launch software applications available through the mobile device.



[0030] An enhanced user interface can include a tile space that can function as a home screen for a user, providing relevant content and quick access to applications. The tile space can provide users with a view or dashboard to monitor the current state of a subset of content obtainable through the mobile device. Many of the most frequently used functions or data can be accessed without navigating away from the tile space. The tile space can be capable of managing any number of tiles. One or more sets of tiles can be customized to provide for a particular user.



[0031] Individual tiles can provide users with access to applications, application content, remote content and/or independent functionality. One or more tiles can provide a user with the data and tasks most likely to be relevant to the particular user without requiring the user to leave the tile space. Typically, tiles are represented in a small or thumbnail view that provides some minimal amount of information. One tile, referred to herein as the active tile, can be shown in an expanded or summary view. An expanded view of the active tile allows additional information or functions to be provided to a user without necessitating navigation from the tile space to an application space. Users can select an active tile from the set of tiles managed by a tile space.

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A mobile device includes an air conduction microphone and an alternative sensor that provides an alternative sensor signal indicative of speech. A communication interface permits the mobile device to communicate directly with other mobile devices.


Mobile hand-held devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants that provide phone functions or accept speech input are often used in adverse noise environments such as busy streets, restaurants, airports, and cars. The strong ambient noise in these environments can obscure the user’s speech and make it difficult to understand what the person is saying. In addition, it severely degrades speech recognition accuracy.


The mobile device of claim 7 wherein the server hosts a translation program and wherein communicating with the server comprises providing content in one language to the server and receiving a translation in another language from the server.

Systems and methods are described for intelligent default selection of characters to be entered via an on-screen keyboard. Based on one to several criteria, a character most likely to be selected for entry via the on-screen keyboard during a search request is determined and a selector is positioned at that particular character. If that character is indeed the character the user wishes to enter, the user does not have to execute any navigation steps to enter the character, but can–with a single actuation–enter that character. In many instances, the user will only have to enter the selection without first having to navigate to the selection. As a result, the number of times buttons need to be actuated by the user to enter a character string can be significantly reduced.

In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a navigational interface is provided. The navigational interface includes an input device that is capable of generating a selection stroke when operated by a user. Such an input device can be a cellular phone, a PDA, or any mobile or wearable device. The navigational interface further includes a sensor pattern containing multiple sensory portions. The sensory portions include a central sensory portion and a plurality of petals sensory portions. A selection strike starting with the central sensory portion initiates text input. An information element associated with text for a language such as language symbols or characters, is referenced by one of the plurality of petal sensory portions. The navigational interface may also include an input interpretation module for interpreting a selection stroke generated from the input device against the sensor pattern so to identify at least one sensory portion included in the selection stroke. The navigational interface may further include a display that maps to the sensor pattern. For example, the display may include a plurality of petal display portions, each of which presents one or more information elements referenced by each of the petal sensory portions of the sensor pattern.

An aspect of the present invention is directed to a device for detecting the position of a pointing member such as a human finger or other object on a touch-sensitive scrolling pad.



According to another aspect of the present invention, the device may determine the relative pressure applied by the finger or other object according to the sum or average of the pulse counts from the two oscillators.

When multiple contacts are detected for a phone number of an incoming call, a notification that multiple contacts matched the phone number is displayed. When the display area for displaying the notification is adequate to display a full list of the contacts that correspond to the phone number of the incoming call, the full list is displayed. When the display area is inadequate to display the full list, a scrollable list of the multiple contacts is displayed. Alternatively, when the display area is inadequate, a multiple contacts message is displayed that notifies a user that multiple stored contacts matched the phone number of the incoming phone call.

An open architecture, wireless personal area network for receiving, storing, processing, displaying and communicating physiological data. The wireless personal area network may include a personal server, such as a cellular phone, and a plurality of sensors to monitor physiological signs, the user’s motion, the user’s orientation, and environmental factors. The sensors wirelessly provide data to the personal server, which may store, process, display, and communicate the data. An open architecture allows additional sensors to join the network without rendering the personal server irrelevant.

The subject innovation and/or methods relate to a compact durable communication device that can include a plurality of improvements to provide durability and thinness. The devices can be a clamshell smartphone, a messenger device, a thin smartphone, and/or any other suitable mobile communication device. The improvements can include a magnesium plate, an opening for an electrical component associated with the plate, internal antenna placement, an extended backlight for a dual display, and/or a mono hinge to provide connectivity.

A mobile gateway receives content from a content source, such as an email server, a Web server, or some other content server. For example, content may include email, calendar, contact, task, Web, notification, financial, sports data, configuration information, etc. The mobile gateway customizes the content based on transforms assigned to each mobile client. Transforms account for differences in the software, display, processor, memory, communication channel, and the like, of each mobile client, without imposing additional processing burdens on the content server. Mobile clients may be any type of computer, including telephones, pagers, PDAs, laptops, and other mobile gateways.

When an event is received at the electronic device, the secondary screen reflects a portion of information about the event. The primary screen is synchronized with the secondary screen such that when the primary screen is accessed (such as by opening a clamshell lid) it reflects the information shown on the secondary screen, as well as potentially adding more information.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is provided a telecommunications device comprising a communication alert system arranged to inform the user that a telecommunications signal has been received from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators. Each indicator is a sensory indication detectable by the user of the device, including an audible, visual or vibratory indication. A controller is arranged to detect a user selectable component of said telecommunications signal and to control the selection of one of a number of indicators based on the user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal;



Preferably the controller is coupled to an address book within which are listed a user’s selection of originating devices from which a telecommunications signal may be generated, the controller being adapted such that in order to affect the selection of the of a plurality of indicators the telecommunications signal must be received from an originating device listed in the address book.

A system, method, and computer-readable media are disclosed for remotely controlling playback of content stored on a device. The system, method, and computer-readable media can transmit state-based commands from a host unit to the device in order to control playback of the content. The host unit can control playback of the content without requiring the device to transfer the content to the host unit. The host unit can also be updated as soon as there is a change in any state of the device.